PPAC 5, 0620 (P202991)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026982

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Workers, gurush hé-dab5 gurush lú-didli é-àr-àr gub-ba shà sag-é-da-naki; 4 col. tablet)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
2. dumu geme2-{d}lamma geme2 kar-<ke4>
3. 1(disz) ur-ki-gu-la szu-ku6
4. 1(disz) szul-lul nu-{gesz}kiri6
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}hendur-sag nar
6. gir2-su{ki}-ta
7. giri3 a-bu-ni
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da <dumu> geme2-ba usz-bar
9. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 gala
10. 1(disz) lugal-nigin6{ki}-sze3
11. mu lu2-{d}en-ki-sze3
12. ki lugal-pa-e3
13. 1(disz) ab-ba-kal-la aga3-us2 szabra-ta
14. mu {d}utu-kalam-e-sze3
15. ki ur-sa6-ga lu2 lunga
16. 1(disz) nig2-{d}ba-ba6 e2 ur-{d}utu
column 2
1. 1(disz) ba-sa6-ga dumu {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka lu2 [azlag2]
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki} dumu
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-mu2
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 szesz-a-[ni]
5. 1(disz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a zi3-IL2
6. libir-am3
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da lu2 azlag2
8. 1(disz) nig2-{d}ba-ba6 lu2 azlag2 dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
9. mu giri3-ni-i3-sa6-sze3
10. ki ur3-re-ba-du7
11. 1(disz) nam-tar-eb2-gu-ul dumu a-tu
12. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur bahar3 dumu ba-sa6-ga
13. ugula ur-ki-gu-la
reverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}hendur-sag dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6
2. ki lugal-ezem
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}da-mu ad-kup4
4. ugula lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ba-zi
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra nu-banda3 ur-{d}nansze
6. 1(disz) {d}na-ru2-a-igi-du muhaldim
7. 1(disz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
  sic ARAD2 ur-ab-ba
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 ad-kup4
9. ugula da-da-a-ni
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim dam-gar3
11. 1(disz) ku3-{d}nanna dumu uri5{ki}
12. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-mes
13. {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba-me
14. giri3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
15. u3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
column 2
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}dam-gal-nun-na
2. 1(disz) lu2-{d}inanna ad-kup4
3. ugula lu2-dingir-ra
4. 1(disz) nin-ki-ur5-sa6
5. 1(disz) sza3-ga-na geme2
6. 1(disz) geme2-{d}ba-ba6
7. he2-dab5-me
8. ugula lugal-me-lam2
9. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim ad-kup4 ugula lugal-GIR2@g?-gal
10. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su nagar
11. szunigin 2(u) 8(disz) gurusz 2(disz) a2 1/2(disz) 3(disz) geme2
12. he2-dab5-me
13. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz lu2 didli
14. e2 kikken2-a gub-ba
15. sza3 sag-e2-da-na{ki}
16. u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
17. iti munu4-gu7
18. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Workers, gurush hé-dab5 gurush lú-didli é-àr-àr gub-ba shà sag-é-da-naki; 4 col. tablet)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 620

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026982
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.05.21
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:36:33 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-10-17 at 11:37:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0620 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202991.
PPAC 5, 0620 artifact entry (No. P202991). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202991 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0620 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202991 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0620 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202991},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202991},
}


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